Neurotic disorders – 1

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1. Suffocation false alarm theory explains panic attacks.
2. There is an increased prevalence of mitral valve prolapse in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.
3. Compulsive buying is classified under impulse control disorders in DSM-IV.
4. It is rare for factitious disorder to present with anaemia.
5. According to the concept of ‘Illness behaviour’, it is the ill person’s responsibility to seek a medical diagnosis.
6. Psychiatrists are able to detect the majority of malingerers.
7. In OCD there is decreased blood flow in the prefrontal cortex.
8. OCD has a poorer prognosis if the ruminations are not accompanied by rituals.
9. Cognitive restructuring can be used in pain management.
10. 10–20% of patients with panic disorder relapse when the SSRIs are discontinued.
11. In borderline personality disorder, analytically orientated day hospital service is effective.
12. Psychotherapy is not effective in dissocial personality disorder.
13. Rational emotive behavioural therapy (REBT) is of proven benefit for patients with emotionally unstable personality disorder.
14. Psychopaths accommodate to the galvanic skin response faster than normal subjects.
15. Habituation can exacerbate phobic avoidance.
16. Fear of heights appears in the first year.
17. Derealization is common in agoraphobia.
18. Animal phobia is more common in boys.
19. Failure to remember aspects of the trauma is characteristic of PTSD.
20. Yohimbine injection in PTSD patients can precipitate panic attacks.
21. Emotional blunting is a common feature of PTSD.
22. Panic attacks are a common feature of PTSD.
23. Stress can cause aphthous ulcers.
24. High-pressure jobs are associated with increased risk of ischaemic heart disease irrespective of the level of control.
25. There is a U-shaped association between medically certified sickness absence and mortality.